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| Bee on purple coneflower: Copyright © by Phyllis Wheeler, August 2014 |
Happy floral Friday! Welcome to my weekly "This week in my Maryland garden" feature! While reviewing this week's photos, I noticed a theme and thought you might enjoy these close up photos of bees on the blooms. The echinacea (coneflower) seem to be particularly attractive to the bees.
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| Bee on pink zinnia: Copyright © by Phyllis Wheeler, August 2014 |
But the zinnias and marigolds draw their fair share too. The zinnia in the photo above looks red but it's actually pink.
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| Bee on yellow echinacea: Copyright © by Phyllis Wheeler, August 2014 |
I think this is our third year having yellow echinacea. The moth is easier to see in the photo above but the bee is busy digging for pollen at the top of the middle coneflower.
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| Bee on golden sundrop flower: Copyright © by Phyllis Wheeler, August 2014 |
Years ago we had golden sundrops and they flourished until the rabbits discovered how tasty their leaves were. This spring I planted six new ones in an area that I don't often see rabbits. Hopefully they'll remain rabbit free and we and the bees can enjoy their pretty flowers for years to come.
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| Bee on magenta echinacea: Copyright © by Phyllis Wheeler, August 2014 |
This magenta coneflower doesn't look much different from the regular purple echinacea (top photo in this post) but it's color is much more vivid in person and I love it.
Hope you enjoyed this week's mini photo tour of my Maryland garden! May God bless you!
Related posts:
Little bees, big flowers: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2014/06/little-bees-and-big-flowers-this-week.html
Fighting bees on sunflowers: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2013/08/bees-fighting-over-sunflower-photo.html
Heat beating flowers: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2012/07/heat-beating-flower-photos-this-week-in.html
Autumn bee and flowers: http://lovejoyandpeas.blogspot.com/2013/10/autumn-maryland-garden-flower-photos.html
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